Brotherhood Week
Text-only poster announcing Brotherhood Week, 19 to 28 February 1943, built on a statement signed by President Roosevelt that links the war aims to brotherhood 'earthwide'. It uses broad ideals and a presidential endorsement; it names no group or programme.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (text by Franklin D. Roosevelt)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Home front, Race and ethnicity
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Office of War Information (text by Franklin D. Roosevelt). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-363 (NAID 513813).
Text on the object
BROTHERHOOD WEEK FEBRUARY 19th to 28th, 1943 We are fighting for the right of men to live together as members of one family rather than as masters and slaves. We are fighting that the spirit of brotherhood which we prize in this country may be practiced here and by free men everywhere. It is our promise to extend such brotherhood earthwide which gives hope to all the world. The war makes the appeal of Brotherhood Week stronger than ever. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT [imprint:] 505580—O—GPO OWI Poster No. 33. Additional copies may be had upon request from the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington, D. C.
